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'HERE is no happiness without health. "HEALTH 
IS WEALTH." The ti'ite saying's of our f^rand- 
fathei-s are becoming more fully appreciated 
every day. Fresh air and pure water are 
rccognizt'd by the medical fraternity at large as the l^wo 
most important factors in the health of every community. 
To the busy dweller in our large cities these factors are 
essentially denied. A daily life of toil in the crowded 
environments and smoky precincts of a populous city in 
the atmosi)here laden with nauseous odors, omitting 
from hundreds of factories, packing and slaughter houses, 
filHiy alleys, sewer gas, garbarge works, and the thousand 
and one institutions of a large city — The crowded tene- 
ments, stuffy Hats and other annoyances too numerous to 
mention, which are only conducive to sickly childivu, 
weary housewives, dyspeptic and fretful husband.s — causo 
the poor victims to sig-U for the farm and the hillside. 
In consequence of such a condition of affairs, a 
resid(>nce in some suburban village is the g'n^at 



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THE VILT.AGE OF NORTHVILLE FROM nucHNER HILL-r.OOKINQ 



TOWARDS DETROIT. 



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ambition of thousands of our well to do people. A subui-ban 
village in the true sense of the term must be so situated as to be 
readilj' accessible when the business of the day has been completed. 
It must be located in a rolling' and billy country, where there is a con- 
tinual circulation of the life giving oxygen surcharged with the 
ordorous perfumes of the new mown hay and broad sweet scented fields 
of clover. The breath of beautiful flowers and the songs of delightful 
birds. It must bo where there are living streams of sweet pure water, 
laden with health-giving minerals, and where the forest trees afford 
ample shade from the noon day sun. Such a place is Northville, the 
i<l*<al suburban village. It is but twenty-four miles from Detroit. It 
is reached in a direct line by the Flint and Pere Marquette railway. 
An electric railroad is now being discussed, and in all probability will 
shortly be constructed. The time occupied in transit is but a few 
minutes in excess of that required to travel the thickly settled por- 
tions of Di'troit. with its very cora])lete system of street railways. 
Ncu-thville is situated in a beautiful rolling country, so absolutely dif- 
fei-ent from the flat, sandy level which surrounds Detroit in other 
dii'i'ctions as to have characterized it as the Switzerland of Wayne 
county. These hills abound in every direction with magnificent sub- 
terranean spring-s, embodying in their constituent parts almost every conceivable mineral ingri^dient which is known to be efficacious 
in medical jurisprudence. The new water works which have jvist been completed are supplied by two of these springs, which 
furnish the purest spring water to every household, and in sufficient qiuintitios to supply a community of five times its present popu- 
lation of two thousand inhabitants. The reservoir is lo.';it.(l r-n B'lchn^'r hill. dire/-tly to thi^ north of the village, and over two 



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LAKE PARK FROM THE RAILROAD STATION.— AS IT WILL APPEAR WHEN COMPLETED. 

hundred feet above the main street. From the top of this hill the electric lights in the city of Detroit are pi .-inly visibl.- on any 
clear night. The streets are broad, smooth and beautifully shaded, and lighted by a complet.- system of electricity. The topo- 
graphical features of the village and surrounding country insure a most perfect system of drainage. Its residences ari; modern and 
handsome-its people are cultured, refined and progressive. Its neighborhood abounds in innumerable beautiful suburban lakes of 




FAKIVUNGTON DRIVE FROM SMITH'S LAKE, 
greater or let-s extent, whioli arr tvM:heA by matj-nificent driveways, and in fact we can but reiterate our former statement, that 
in e\i-ry n-spcet it is the ideal suburban village. One has but to visit this handsome village to appreciate these facts. Ensconcing 
ones self in a luxurious seat in one of the superb passenger trains of the Flint & Pere Marquette railway, we are rapidly drawn 
through, out of and beyond the incessant hum and grimy outskirts of the busy city into the calm placid beauty of peaceful fields 
ami silent fore-its. I^oaving' tlie D>^troit rivei' behind us. we traverse the mayniticient new trestle-work erected hv this railroad. 



crossing the M. C. R. R. tracks, and a ride of twenty minutes brings us suddenly from the wide flat country surrounding Greenfield, 
Beech and Plymouth, into the rolling verdure clad hills and lovely valleys, wherein the limpid Rouge winds its pastoral way to 
the mighty Detroit. We rush swiftly across the high bridge at Mead's Mills, whii'l around a sweeping curve. and behold the beautiful 
village of Northville nestled among the hills on our left. With a warning screech from the engine, the clang of the bell and hissing 
of the air brake we are brought gently to a stop at the new and handsome depot which the P. & P. M. company have erected at this 
village. Alighting from the train we see to our right the little lake, which is now being beautified, and which, when completed 
will be one of the loveliest spots imaginable. In front and to our left we are suddenly and forcibly confronted witli the evidence 
that Northville is not lacking in the (me essential, which we have not as yet mentioned, the sound financial and firm basis necessary 
to its .support, that of MANUFACTURING. 

Glance at the list of manufact\iring, wholesale and retail houses mentioned in this work, which are the leaders among 
numerous others, will readily convince one that Northville is not a village upon paper, nor a visionary place dependent 
upon future establishments, but a thoroughly established and growing village whose manufacturing importance already 
~S) ranks second to Detroit in Wayne county. 

THI^ largest concern, the CloBE Mfc. Co., was established in 18(54 by C. G. Harrington, in l'*73 ineornor.ated as the Mich- 
igan School Furniture Company, and in 1887 re-incorporated as the Globe Furniture Company, fer the exclusive manufacture 
of .school and church furniture. They employ about 200 persons, and manufacture more chu rch and school furnitiu-e than any other 
establishment in the world, their trade extending to Europe. Sou^h America, and other countries. Francis R. Real is the presi- 
dent and sreneral manager. 

THE HaNRAHAN RefrICERATOP Co., a coi'poration recently formed amonsj our leading business men. for the manufac- 
ture of refrigerators \rader the Hanrahan a>itr)matic system of refrigeration, are now biiildin? a large three stoi-y brick 
factory in which they will employ about 1.% men. They intend to place this system in the front rank. and to manufacture an article as 
perfect in mechanical construction as the b-»st of material and lab'ir can nroduc^. together with the hist system of circulation and 
refrigeration ever devised. The well-known character and biisiness experience of the gentlemen at the head of the corporation is- 
an absolute guarantee of future success. 




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'HE J. A. DUBUAR Manufacturing Co., J- A. Dubuar, secretary and manager, are extensively engaged In the 
manufacture of Hardwood Lumber, buying their logs throughout the surrounding country, and shipping them in by 
car from vai-ious points on the F. & P. M. R.R. They also manufacture and ship to all parts of the country, Pulley Blocks, 
Wheel-barrows, Screen Doors, Garden Hose Reels, and various goods of a like nature. The manufactui-e of the "Globe,'' 

"General Custer Repeater," and "Michigan" Air Rifles, has become quite a feature in their business. Altogether their business is 

a large one and gives employment to a large number of men. 



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THEToNQUISH Mfc. Co., is a new company— not a year old. They manufacture a line of moderate priced Parlor and 
Library Tables, and have already built up a first-class trade. Their goods have become well and favorably known through- 
out the United States, and their sales are continually increasing. 



THE ELY DOWEL AND MANUFACTURING CO. 




DOWEL PIN is a very small part of a pl.ce of furniture, yet it is a very important one. It must bo of c^ood mate,-ia' p.^r- 



f.ctly dry. fit well and not allow joints to f^^ap or fall apart after being placed in somebody's pari n: 
the above 





W. I Ely, president of 
firm, has for the 
years made a study 
dowel pin best ad- 
frames and all kinds 
g'Cther with dowels, 
endeavors is best 
that a business of 
has more t h a n 
sequent year. ;uid 
$10,000 in this their 
faet is the best 
of their Dowel Pins, 
round moul d i n jjs 
Dowels e.xelusively. 
ation of making- the 
world. The busi- 
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nt m. n and the hnest maeh.nery, th.y are prepared to mi the largest orders promptly. Ifyou have neverused theirgoods try them. 



past f o u r 
of how to make a 
a p ted to pa rlo r 
of furniture i)ut to- 
The result of his 
shown by the faet 
$1,200 the first year 
doubled each sub- 
will reae h o ve r 
fourth year. This 
proof of the merit 
They make half- 
f o r caskets and 
and have the reput- 
best dowels in the 
ness was started in Detroit, and moved to Northville three years ago. It has a bright outlook and fair proli^etl for'dirin 



THE CLOVER CONDENSED MILK COMPANY 

RGANIZI5D in 1H8G, this company has ono of the most exceptional plants in the United States. Condensed milk was first 
introduced about thirty years aero. When the present company was organized, their first step was to consult chemists 
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improvments upon th ■ 
old methods of manufacture. The 
report emphasized the following 
features: 1st. Location in a sec- 
tion where the land is hilly and 
abounds with pure spring water. 
2nd. Porcslain pans to be used in- 
stead of copper pans. lird. Thor- 
ough sterilization and evaporation 
by heat, of the milk as quickly as 
possible after milking. 4th. i)ure 
cane sugar to be used at a preser- 
vative, oth. Adoption of rules and 
regulations for the production of 
the milk. Accordingly they lo- 
cated their works at Northville, 
an ideal dairy country. Their, 
farms are ' stocked with the b.>st 

cows— sown entirely with sweet clover and watei-ed by pure running springs. They are the only manufacturers in the world using 
porcelain pans, and their works are as perfectly equipped as seienc' and skill can make them. The Porcelain Bi-and of the Clover 
Condensed Milk Company is without an eqiuil in the world. 




THE NORTHVILLE MILLS. 

'HE old and well-known Norllivillc Wills:, established in 15:45, the management ul which was assumed by the present 
proprietors on August 1st. 1890, manufacturing the Celebrated Brand of "GOLD LiCE" Family Flour, is doing' a very large and 
rapidly increasing- business. Messrs. W. H. and R, C. Yerkes are both young aud energetic business men. They have 
completely refitted these mills with the latest improved roller process machinery, and their Gold Lace flour is without 

an equal in this section of the country. They have recently assumed the management of the new mills at South Lyon, which they 

will place upon tlie same standard as that held by their Northville Mills. 



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\ I / HE Carriage manufactory. Wagon Shops, and Black- 
\ I I smithing plant of FRANK N. PerrIN is one of the 
QJ I VS) most extensive in the county. Mr. Perrin'a reput- 
ation as a manufacturer Is unexcelled and his ware- 
rooms are stocked wilh the choicest productions of the carriage 
builders' art. Surreys, phastons, buggies, and in fact all lines of 
heavy and light work, and an especially fine stock of road 
wagons and carts, tastefully decorated, are to be found here 
and at prices remarkably low when quality is considered. As 
a thoroughly reliable shoer of horses Mr. Perrin stands pre- 
eminent. Valuable stock is brought from many miles that 
their shoes may be turned by his expert hand, and his trade is 
rapidly increasing and extending. 




5UU1H SniK UAII* STKIiBT. LOOKINli WEST.^HUSINESS POKTtON. 



The Lar^e and popular establlabmcLit of TeICH WER fit Co., locaWd od tho south side of main street, is a fittingf example of what 



push and energ:y,combincd with superior business ability can aocotoplish in even a small town. This firm handle a lar^a^ and first-class 
stock of Dry Goods, a larsre and well-selected assortment of Gents" Furnishings, the largest and most extensive line of carpetings, 

etc. They also carry a first-class stock of groceries and provisions, 
and are wholesaJe and retail dealers in general produce. Every 
department of their extensive business is handled by a ('ompetent 
foreman, and their success has been something phenomenal. .Since 
opening their present stores April 1. 1880, they have attained a 
wide-spread popularity, and are always at the head in every det»il 
of their business, which fact is fully appreciated by their many i)at- 
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'Iir: well-known druggist. ChaS. R. StEVENS, tht 

pitmeer of the business hero, occupies a very handsomely 
fitted store on Main street. His complete stock of Drugs, 
Perfumery, Toilet Articles, and kindred lines is not ex- 
celled in the state. Mr. Stevens makes a specialty of the accurate 
compounding of physicians prescriptions, all articles used in the 
materia medica being strictly pure and fresh. He has attained a 
well deserved popularity during his business experience in this vil- 
lage and his large trade has long been established. A number of 
proprietary medicines have also been placed upon the market by Mr. 
Stevens and have achieved an extensive sale, their intrinsic qualities 
being recognized as strictly superior. 



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HEpresent banking establishment of J. S. LaPHAWI & Co., was opened in 
18(59. Mr. Jared S. Lapham located at Northville in ISU, and 
engaged in the «aercantilo business. He built 
the fii-st and only brick storo in the village of 



Noi-thvilloinlS-tS. His firm did a lai-ge busi- 
ness, selling goods at one price only, the trade 
extending to all parts of the neighboring 
coimties. They were extensive buyers of 
wool and had for some years served as the 
depository of the spare funds of the sur- 
rounding country, and naturally tran- 
sacted for an inland town a very satis- 
factory banking business. In the year 
1SS4. Mr. Lapham put his daughter Mary 
E.. in charge of the bank as cashier. Mr. 
Lapham was director of the original Holly 
Wayne and Monroe Railroad from its in- 
ception to the completion, and is at \m-.'- 
sent the comp-jtent treasurer of the village, 




NORTH SIDE OP MAIN STHKJiT, LOOKING WKST. 

and also a well-known member of the Detroit Board of Trade. As a business man Mi'. 
Lapham has been eminently successful. His well known integrity and strict methods have helped build up the large business which 
he has controlled for ovi'r a quarter of a century, and he has seciu-ed the confidenci- and continued jiatronage of all with whom be 
has had dealings. 





. E. Rockwell, tho jeweler, estab* 
lished his business in I'^f'i'^. Comraeno 
i^i I ing in a small way he has kept pace with 
e) the growth of the village, until at the 
present time his stock will compare favorably 
with those usually carried by leading firms in 
our larger cities. His stock consists of every- 
thing usually found in a first-ela.ss jewelry store 
and in addition thei-eto a complete line of school 
books and supplies, miscellaneous books, fine 
stationery and line art novelties. Mr. Rockwell 
has for many years past studied deligently as an 
optician and is entirely competent to fit any 
pair of eyes which are susceptible to the bene- 
ficial influences of spectacles or eyeglasses. As a 
watchmaker and jeweler he ranks second to none 
in the htate, many surrounding towns contrib- 
uting to the large amount of custom work with 
which he is always sup])lied. It is also inter- 
esting to note that there is no other firm in the village to-day who are doing business in the original lines and firm name, as estab- 
lished when Mr. Rockwell comm snced business. Nothing could more fully demonstrate the sound financial basis of his rapidly 
growing business than the above facts. 




HIGH STREET. I.OOKINO KOBTH FROU MAIN. 



vision o' thf-ii- extensive business in tin and sheet motal work. 



V-jf-j^ HE hardware firm of Ceo. E, WaTER- 
) I / FflAN & Co., commenced the retail hard- 
^^ "^"'' ^"■'^'"'sss in Northville on Sept. 1st. 
1885, occupj'ing- the large stores on tho 
northwest corner of Main and Center streets — the 
most prominent corner of the village and have con- 
tinued in the same location ever since, adding to 
their space as occasion demanded, until at the 
present time, their business having entirely out- 
grown even their commodious quarters, they have 
been compelled to purchase a new site in the large 
three story brick block immediately on the east. 
They will remove their entire stock to the above 
building on or about May 1, 1893. Tho partners in 
this enterprising firm, Messrs Geo. E. Waterman 
and A. K. Carpenter, are to be congratulated upon 
their successful administration of this prosperous 
business. They carry a complete and excellent 
stock of hardware and cutlery in all its branches. 
Th^^y are also general agents for the famous ''Gar- 
land" stoves and ranges. This make of heating and 
cooking furniture is too well known to need com- 
mendation. Mr. Carpenter has the general super- 
This is an important branch of their trade. 




^^^^ HE large furniture establishment of SaNDS & PORTER 
A I A is the outgrowth of a business established in the year 
SJ I '5 1854 by John Sands. The present firm was organized with 
M. A. Porter as associate with Mr. Sands, in 1884, after 
thirty years of successful business by the original founder, and since 
that time they have established a trade of very large propor- 
tions. They also conduct a complete undertaking establishment, that 
branch being under the direct supervision of Mr. M. A. Porter, a 
thorough undertaker, embalmer and funeral director. Picture 
framing in all its branches is artistically handled, and is an irajjor- 
tant branch of their industry. They built their present comraodius 
brick store, located on Center Street, in 1888. They have establish- 
SAND9 .AND PORTER'S FUKNITURE ESTABLISHMENT. ed a wide reputation for honorable dealing, and their trade extends 

to all parts of this and surrounding counties. They are al.io extensive dealers in the leading make of Bicycles 



modern residence, while being differently furnished from the homes of bygone years, is also very differently built. Houses 
of to-day are of artistic design and decoration and while not necessarily expensive, should be constructed of best material 
Q) I and of a style of architecture which will be in entire harmony with their surroundings. In order to achieve a satisfactory 
e) resvilt in this line, it is absolutely necessary to employ an architect of experience in this character of work, one who is an 
artist in every respect, who can fico what is requisite for the family homo in building, furniture and all their pertainings. and who can 
evolve such a dwelling for the minimum cost. Mr. F. EuCENE WoOD lias made the designing of artistic homes a study for 
many years and any commission siihmitti'd to him will insure satisfactory results. 





NAPP ife YERKES, the well known and popvilar hardware dealers, opened their pi'esent business in the spring of ISiU. 
i1 They carry a complete and carefully selected stock of Hardware and Cutlery in all their branches. They are also exten- 
sive dealers in Agricuttural implements of every description, includinj? the celebrated "Champion"' Binders and Mowers, 
also wholesale and retail dealers in Hard and Soft Coal. Tin and Sheet iMetal Work is a special feature of their business, 

and their extensive trade in that line is imder the direct supei-- 

vision of Mr. Frank Shaffer. The members of this enterprising 

firm. Messrs .John O. Knapp and William G. Yerkes, are long 

time residents of the village and the extensive business which 

they have established is but the natural outcome of their 

po))ularity. 



V-j- ^HE well established meat market of F. A. MlLLER) 

\ I / was orginally opened by Charles Woodman and was pur- 
@^J[^-5l chased of him by F. A. and Ed. Miller in 1881. The pre- 
sent proprietor. Mr. P. A. Miller assuming control of 
the business in the year 1887. The quality of his stock, his un- 
remitting attention to the details of the business, :aiid his general 
•qualifications as a genial gentleman and thoro\igh businessman." 
"combined with unquestioned ability in his line, have tended to 
^!i.! securing of his present large .and well established trade. 




MILLERS MEAT MARKET. 





. H. KOHLER built his present store. located ittliBediately opjjo- 
site the P. & P. M. depot, and opeMed the retail grocery business in 
Oct. If'ST. and after hi? five years of successful business, he find» 
himself to-day with a large and rapidly increasing trade. Mr. 
Kohler has established a wide reputation for honorable dealing and his 
trade extends to all parts of the county. His slock is fresh, large and 
complete in every branch of the grocery business. Owing to the con- 
stantly Increasing demand for his goods he finds it necessary to make 
extensive additicms to his present store and will shortly build a hand- 
some brick front which will make his establishraont one of the most at- 
trr.ctive and prominent in this village. Mr. Kohler is also local agent 
foi' the Nord-Ueutcher-Lloyd Steam Ship Company with tri-weekly sailings from Bidtimort- to Brt men. and the large amount of trans- 
portation which he has afforded people in this section is something remarkable in a village of this size. 

THK NORTHVILLE CiTY LaUNDRY Co., B. S. Webber. Manager, is doing an extensive business. Their facilitie.s for a high 
grade of work are first-class in every respect. They have the latest improved machinery and careful employes, and the quality 
of their work is on a par with any similar institution in D.aroit. They have large, well fitted bath rooms in connection where one 
may enjoy a plunge in clear, pure water b.^fore donning the snow white raiment which has been jjr.'pared in the laundry depai-tment. 

THK Improved "LITTLE Star" Steam and Hand Power Combination Ironer and Polisher, manufactured and sold by Frank D. 
Adams, of this place is used by the above laundry and is undoubtedly the most successful and perfect ironer and polisher for shirts. 
collars and cuffs in operation to day. Mr. Adams' shipments of this popular machine extend to all parts of tho United States and 
Canada. The new improved gasoline tank and burner doubles the amouut of heat ordinarily obtained with a great saving in the 
amount of gasoline used. The machine irons both ways and has a very quick reverse movement and ean bo used with t-ithoi' hand or 
steam and requires less than five minutes to change from one to the other. 



THE HARDMAN PIANO. 



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W I piano of the 
®)^l£> reasons: 1. It 
piano made. 
usa};:e. 3. It has more 
otlier instrument. 4. It 
than any other jiiano. 
with tile new patent 
only piano with the 
7. It is unequalled in 
others among the best 
handsomest piano made 
portant of all. it is sold 
ffrovving opinion among 
that these pianos are 




Used by Tiiousands of the most in- 
telligent purchasers throughout 
the length and breath of the 
United States, including Schools, 
Colleges and Churches. 




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Used by Her Majesty, Queen 
Victoria: H. R. H. The Prince of 
Wales; Her Grace, the Duchess of 
Fife; His Grace the Duke of Rich- 
mond and Gordon. 



Piano is the leading 
world for the following 
is the most durable 
2. It improves under 
volume of tone than any 
stands in tune longer 
•'). It is the only piano 
harp-stop. (i. It is the 
new metal key-support, 
action. 8. It leads- all 
people. 9. I^ is the 
K/. And, most impor- 
at a fair price. The 
unpi-ejudiced experts is 
not only equal in every 



particular to those of the oldest and most eminent manufacturers — whoever they may be — in Europe or America — but that the pre- 
sent system of construction is superior, in some respects, to any in the world. The original method of combining the sounding 
board, wrest plank and metal plate, produces richer and more permanent tone than is obtained by any other system without excep- 
tion. BeNJ. F. SprincER, llie enterprising music dealer has these pianos in his handsome music rooms in the Kellog block, 
Mr. Springer is the representative of the well-known music house of Clias. Bobzin & Co., of Detroit, exclusive state agents for these 
pianos, At his emporium, may also be found the celebrated Fischer piano, the high-grade Farrand & Votey organs, and a 
full line of musical merchandise. Mr. Springer has a thoroughly established trade extending in every direction. 






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'FIE needs of the wcarj', hungi'y and thirsty sojourner are 
adequately provided for, the loading hotel being thi? 
Park House. This old and well-known hosilery came 
into the possession of the present proprietors. O. Butler & 
Son. on January Sud. 1889, and under their efficient management has 
been completely remodeled and refurnished — large additions having 
baon made to the original buildings — fitted throughout with steam 
heat and lighted by electricity. The cuisine is unsurpassed — the bar 
is stocked with the choicest wines and liquors known, and the uni- 
formly courteous treatment accorded each and ov,^ry guest and the 
complete arrangement for their comfort has earned for the Park 
House the reputation of being, without exception, the best $2.00 per 
dav house in Mielugan, 



FTliR becoming thoroughly refreshed there is nothing more conducive to perfect enjoyment than to ride over some of the 
splendid roads and visit the beautiful lakes with which this neighborhood abounds. For this purpos.i you have only to visit 
a) I the elegant livery stables of SVI. N. JoHNSON & Co., which are adjoining this hotel. These gentlemen have procured 
e) some of the best stock obtainable and their carriages are the finest of their several kinds. The firm, composed of Messrs 
Milo rC. Joluison and Irving N. Starkweather, opened these stables in April 1890. and since then their establishment has steadily and 
ra])idly grown in favor, until now their business is not surpassed by any similar establishment in the state. The attendants arc 
obliging and courteous, and every effort is made at all times to meet the wants of the public with entire satisfaction. 




Hon, T. E. Tarsney, rie-.iileiit. 



Ed.vi:i L. Cro!,bv, Secretarv. 



THE VARXALL GOLD CURE CO. 

KOilTIIHLLE, MICH. 



An Insiittition for the Rational 
Treatment anJ Haciical Cure of the 
AlcoiiQt, Opium, Cocoaiiie, Tobacco 
anit Cigarette Habits. 



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ovui- other meth- 
ods of care for Alcoholism 
is apparent to any one 
choosing- to make tiio com- 
])arison. There is not only 
an entire absence of that 
terrible mental depression 
and physical prostration, so 
ctimmon to other methods 
of treatment, but the sever- 
est types of Alcoholic cases 
are cured in less time than 
can be done by any other 
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TERMS FOR TREATMENT AT INSTITUVt. 

ALCOHOL OR LIQUOR PATIENTS 

Three weeks course. $50.00. payable in advance. .Mwt iliiee weeks, $15. per week. 



Brain AND Nerve Treatment 
Same prices as Alcoliol or Liguor Cases. 



«.„„ -„ , , Morphine and Opium Cases 

S20.00 per week for three weeks course; after three weeks S15.00 per week. 

Good Board AND Pleasant Rooms Deposit Payable In advance to cover 

From $5 to $7 per week. ilnee weeks treatment and Board. 



Dr. Wni. II. Yarnall. Me.lical Director and General Manager. 

remarkable cures which Dr 
Yarnall has elTectod have 
been a source of wondering 
and most favorable c o m- 
ment. Large ntunbers of 
business and professional 
men, from all parts of the 
country, can testify to the 
results from their own per- 
sonal experience. Much of 
the success of The Yarnall Cold 
Curt tVs work lies in the fact 
that Dr. Yarnall thorough- 
ly instructs every physician 
operating in their institute 
at NORTHVILLE, or in 
branches elsewhere, in the 
therapeutical action of 
every ingredient of his rem- 
edy, thus enabling each in- 
dividual case presented to 
be treated according to the 
indicated necessities. 



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Tobacco and Cigarette Treatment 
$15.00 per week. 



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OUR churches, a Methodist, Presbyterian, Baptist and Catholic, minister to the spirit- 
ual needs of the people. The Presbyterian society was organized November 23. LS29. 
Their present building was dedicated in June 1846, and extensively improved in 187.5. 



The church has a membership of 175 
W. T. Juquoss being the popular pastor 
Methodist society occupied a log church 
early as 1834. The present building was dedi 
cated Sept. 23, ISSIi. The membership is 




250— the Sunday School about the 
ame. Rev. F. Bradley, pastor. 
The First Baptist church was con- 
stituted October 1834. Recent 
improvements have been made, 
making it a very inviting place of 
worship. The membership is about 140. Rev. L. G. Clark, 
pastor. The Catholic society holds services in the old M. E. chiu-eh 
building and is served by the priest fi'ora Milford. 




NORTHVILLE UNION SCHOOI^. 

i' N ISO.T North ville organizecl a graded school and has had reason for cong-i-atulation upon the exceedingly high order of the same. 
) The comm.xlius three story brick building which was then erected has been extended in its capacity as neccessity has arisen 
' to accommodate the increasing number of soholai-s. Wings upon the north and south sides of the main building have been 
constructed which ronder the wholea most symmetrical and imposing structure, and every room is high. well lighted and seated 




in tho l»st manner. Tlicro arc ei-ht teachers employed, and every de- 
partment i.s amply endowed with facilities for thorough instruction in 
the g-rades, and in the two courses of study for graduation from the high 
school, enabling students to enter the higher institutions of the state. L 
cluding the University of Michigan. The building is heated by steam 
and thoroughly ventilated and the grounds are la.-ge and ornamented 
with beautiful shade trees. 

\ I i ^E MnfTat Opera House is a handsome foiir story l)rick structur 
\ I / conveniently located on the eornoi' of (Center and Dunla 
&j^ streets, immediately adjoining the business section of the vi 

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ap 

il- 

sige. It is well equipped as as a pla'ce of amusement and luw 

a seating capacity uf SOU. The first Doors are occupied as stores-the 

.^ _=^^,=_^,^ - --^3-at^-T=^— '^^°^t'''^P'''n»rocoiipying tho rest of the main building leaving two suites 

I '^^^^^^^^^^'-'^^^^^^^^t' ".?:■: -^ ' of offices in the fnmt which arc given up to llie bisiness and editorial 

J^^=^;^:^^^;^3^t^^b:-^^'^'" "" officesof the NORTHVILLE RECORD. This paper was established in 

I^^^SiSfii^^^^^-'. -f;^- "^''■' ^^' ^a™'>"'l I-i'tl'^- I-^^iii''! as a semi-monthly for some years and at 

H^^jigfe=^^=^:.=f^. .::^:zt:=.==--^^—^-- — "i-'it time a .six column folio, patent outside. It was afterwards i.ssued 

weekly and enlarged to a five column quarto. It has seen all the ups and 
downs, (mostly downs)._ of lif(.. and the various changes in ownership 
usual to a country weekly for nearly twenty four years. The pi'esent. 
owner purchased it in 1S!U and enlarged it to a si.x column quarto, and having devotx,d his attention exclusively to the work ha. 
doub.ed the circulation and advertising patronage. The subscription price is one dollar per year, and as ,.n adverti.;ing medium it 
IS without a rival in reaching th- p^ojile in this part ,.f th.- country. K. S, N.-al is the puVisher. 



MOFF.\T OPERA HOTISC. 



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HE United States Fish Hatchery located 
in the village is one of the most im- ^^^ 



portant and 
interest! ng 
g o V e rnment 




=Ez^ micHmt. oep/tR-rmcm!^ institutions in 

Michigan. Es- 

— - tablished in 1874 

-r- by N. W. Clark, 

^'- and since his 

death in 1S7(). 



H ly Bti iti nfe aarng KB »w »« '~ »>" ■^arwr «iir rtti naii 'Of v>g~i-«i r' '^..^ i i lij-ii^,- 






conducted hy liis son Frank N.Clark. Originally operated by fe^e^^gj^^SbL?:^- -. ^/tf/s^/-.- °f ^^«>-v^:-v^. v 



the slate, since IHSO it lias been un- 
der tlie control of the United Slates 
Fish commission. Jl is locateil on 
grounds about lifteen acres in ex- 
tent.containin;^' innumerable sprinys 
of the purest wati'r, thu two prin- 
cii)le ones furnishing about 37."i gal- 
lons per minnlo". In adilition to thiis 
a beautiful brook of i)uru spriny 
water has been dammed u]). abonl a 
mile from the hatchery, to a lu'iylil 
of thirteen feet, from wheiiei- i he 
water is conducted to a ix'servoir 
and from thence in pipes to the 
hatchery, yiviny an increase of 
about ten limes the supjily above 
stated. The li.ihery contains at the 
]iresi-nt 1imi'a))out 10. (Kill stock (ish 
and 2.'>ll.(J()il trout of different fjiecies. 
Scores of millions of fish have been 
hatched heri', and shi)iiueiit.<! ,ni-e 
made to various parts of the United 
States. Kn>;land. Fran<.H\ Germany. 
Soutb America. Nvvr Zealand. 



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Mexieo, and other places. Appro- 
I)riations have recently been mado 
providintr for large additions to the 
present plant. Its success is largely 
due to the elTicient management of 
Ml'. Frank N. Clark and his able as- 
sistants and is a most inter.'siiny 
place to vjstor. 

ACOLU fish hatirhery is also 
liiial.d about a mile east of 
North viUe on the Farmington road. 
It was started in 1SS4 with two pair 
of fisli. the |)ivsent outimt hi'ing 
from S.(,(iO to 1(1.(1(10. comiirisiiijr 
.lapanese gold, silver, and lan-lail 
fish. 



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^ I /HE Ladies' Library 
Association "'i^ <"- 

li/ed in February ISSi) 

with a membership of 

eighty-nine. Through the effoiMs 

and liberality of Miss M. K. r.,apham 

tho lil)rary occupy furnished ajiart- 



ments in the building formerly known as the Young Men's Hall on Wing street. The library proper comprises about 1,200 
choice and well-selected volumes. It is lighted by electricity, is furnished with a tine piano, antique fire place, easy chairs and 
everything necessary for the convenience and comfort of its members. The present membership of the association is about 150. 
Miss Lapham being the president, Mrs. Frank N. Clark, vice-president, Mrs. A. C. Smith, secretary. Miss J. Babbitt librarian. 

Fraternal and benificiary societies are well 
represented among the citizens of the village. 
The Masons, Odd Fellows, Knights of Pythias, 
fraternities are represented and sustained 
with large lodges, and their kindred societies, 
including the Knights of the Maccabees. 
Knights of Honor, Chosen Friends and others, 
are well supported, as well as the Lndies 
contingent of the Maccabees, the oi-der of 
the Eastern Star, etc. There is also a large 
G. A. R. post, Womans Relief corps and a 
flourishing company of the Sons of Veterans. 
The North ville Light Guard, a flourishing in- 
dependent military company, is a fitting repre- 
sentative of the village at homo or abroad. 
«-pHE exceedingly rapid growth of this beautiful villag • is fully demonstrated by an article published in the North ville Record 

1 of Sept. 1.1. in which it say.s that: Forty per.sons wore seeking houses and not a single house was vacant. It is not necessary 
to say that there will bj a very large amount of building done in the immediate future. Available lots upon which to erect resi- 
dences or business houses are increasing in value very rapidly. The following sub-divisions mentioned in this work, are perhaps 
the most desirable lots to be had at the pi'e.sent time. 




VEliKES k IKIIiTON ADDITION TO THE VILLAGE OF NOIiTIIVlLLE. 



for Sale bj B. A. Hlieolfr, .Northvillf, Mich. 

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J. A. DIBIAK'S ADDITION TO THE VILLAGE OF NORTIIVILI 

For Sale bj J. A. Hubuur, Northville. Mirh. 

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Tlu'sc Lilts are of fj'ODil sizu, nicely looateci. and havu the biist of drainage. They arc only a short distanee from tlic Fae'ories. 
They will be sold at reasonable prices, and on very easy payments. The lots which are tinted have already been sold since those 




sub-divisions have been placed upon the market. The rapidity with which they have been disposed of, clearly shows their desir- 
ability. Advantage should certainly be taken of the opportunity to secure some of the remaining lots. 

, EST of the above described sub-division is the lofty eminence, 
^^'/s overlooking the entire village and surroundings, known as 
^ Buchnorhill. Mr. J. C. BUCHNER, the owner of this pro- 
perty, which includes a magnificent grove of five acres, to- 
gether with thirty-six very desirable lots of high elevation and beautifully 
located, according to the plat herewith, will dispose of the entire pro- 
perty, including a very handsome brick residence, on terms to suit pur- 
chasers. Any of these lots present an unobstructed view of the surrounding 
country, as far to the south as Plymouth. 

iKAL Estate in this village is being disposed of to parties from Detroit 
in considerable quantities. A large number of very handsome build- 
ings are in process of erection and with the advent of the numerous families, 
the heads of which will ba employed in the new refrigerator factory, will 
call for increased energy in this line. 







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A. LUNDY, the leading contractor and builder has received the con- 
tracts for many of the best buildings in the city, notable among 
which are the elegant residences of J, Morrell Simmons and Post Master 
Hirton. Mr. Lundy combines push and energy with unquestioned 
ability as a mjchanic and will undoubtedly receive a large percentage of 
the contracts to bs let in the future. 
^y^E 'Mv'ite Manufacturers, Investors, and seekers for Suburban Homes to visit Our Village. 



YryniS BOOK was designeil. illustrat.Hl and published by the EaCLE StEAIW PrINTIKC & ENGRAVING Co. This 
A I A office was established in ISfiO, and re-organized under the present firm name in the .spring of the present year. The office 
CJ^l© is fitted with three large steam presses, a com])lete engraving outfit, photographic paraphernalia, and every facility for 
the in-oduction of first class engraving and printing. Their specialty consists of fine cut and catalogue work, colored 
labels of every description, and artistic designing for programs, invitations, letter heads, bill heads, etc., and their trade extends 
to all parts of the country. 



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